THE VOX BOOM ANIMATION WORKSHOP & COMEDY SHOW IS EXACTLY THAT: AN EVENING OF FUN WITH TODAY’S TOP WORKING FILM AND TV COMEDIC VOICE OVER ARTISTS. The VOX Boom Seminar brings the fun and excitement of a professional voice-over session to your doorstep. In a 2-hour program that is part how-to manual, part casting call, Mark DeCarlo and other top-level VO talent take your audience behind the scenes of major Hollywood animation studios. You'll explore the art and science of creating a unique voice on demand, and how to develop and utilize improvisation for characterization. A few lucky audience members will be chosen to put what they've learned to the test as they compete for a chance to play with the pros.
TOP 5 REASONS TO BOOK OUR ANIMATION
SHOW/SEMINAR FOR YOUR STUDENTS
Chicago Tribune on Animation Boom
  1. "Hollywood studios have poured millions
    into developing new
    computer-animated features."
  2. "[C]olleges and art schools
    have had trouble ... [keeping]
    pace with studios' demand."
  3. "'The talent pool is getting extremely
    thin, making it extremely
    difficult for employers.'"
  4. "DreamWorks Animation plans to
    hire nearly 200 animation staff
    members over the next year."
  5. "DreamWorks and other studios aren't
    just competing with one another for
    good job candidates but with video
    game companies as well."



  REVIEWS from the PROS:

"If you don't go to this seminar you are insane! You will learn all the tricks and skills of voice over and eventually take jobs from the supremely talented people who foolishly taught you."

Steven Banks
Story Editor: SpongeBob Squarepants
Co-producer: The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius
Writer: Fairly Oddparents, Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi, CatDog & many more.		  
 

"As a producer and director in the animation industry, I have had the privilege of working with some truly fantastic voice actors. At the top of my list would have to be Mark DeCarlo and Rob Paulsen. Their amazing comedic timing, side splitting improvisational skills and exemplary hygiene are why we continue to ask them to work with us on every project we produce."

Keith Alcorn
DNA Productions, Inc.
Director/Co-Executive Producer: The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius
Executive Producer: The Ant Bully		  
 

"Mark DeCarlo not only says the lines, he writes them at the same time! You might as well toss away your script and let him do his thang, because you don't have a choice! This is the A-Team of voice performers -- the guys you look to when you need a slam-dunk. I'd give up my prescription drug money to take Mark DeCarlo's seminar."

Jed Spingarn
Co-Executive Producer: Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
Writer: Pinky and the Brain
Executive Producer: Tak and the Power of Juju
 		  

This VOX Boom Advanced Seminar/Comedy Show has been created specifically for ACTING STUDENTS in College or University FINE ARTS programs. The 2-hour SEMINAR is a show in itself, featuring two hilarious, informative and gifted performers mixing comedy routines with insights gained over decades of working experience.

During each Seminar, two actors - Mark DeCarlo, and a rotating cast of VO Super Stars- will share war stories, teach audition and performance techniques, take Q&A, and tell students all the things their acting schools CAN’T, like:
  • The details on the current BOOM in Animation production: Shrek, Nemo, Madagascar, etc.
  • Adapting stage/film/TV acting to CARTOON VOICE OVER
  • AUDITION techniques for Animation
  • CREATING a character for a new animation based on just a line drawing of a static character
  • VOCAL techniques to increase and maximize your range
  • IMPROVISING for Animation
 The second half of the show is all audience participation.

Several students will be chosen to create new and unique voice characterizations. They will be led into a sound proof booth, then brought out on stage one at a time. They'll see series of new, as yet unknown cartoon characters, on an overhead projector, and our Actors will lead them through the process of creating perfect voices.

Using the tips and techniques they’ve just learned, the students will eventually arrive at their definitive sound for a favorite new character. Then, as this character, each student will improvise a scene with one of our Actor’s famous characters, based on a suggestion from the audience.

Performing under the projected images of the famous and the new character, the two will have a short, cartoon conversation, sure to be entertaining and memorable.

After the students have recorded their best takes, we’ll play them back so the audience can decide which characterization is the most lifelike, funny and engaging. The actors and audience will have the opportunity to critique the performances.

A vote of applause determines a winner, who receives a once in a lifetime prize: A CUSTOM MADE CHARACTER VOICE GREETING for their voicemail.

After the voting, we’ll play clips of the Hollywood actors who actually GOT the jobs of voicing the as-yet-unknown characters. The seminar will wrap up with the actors answering any final questions and sending everyone home happy.

The key to this show/seminar is the people presenting it. These actors are working artists, at the tops of their games, performing some of the best characters in animation today.

Each seminar features two actors, Mark DeCarlo and one of his award-winning friends:


Mark DeCarlo - the voice behind Hugh Neutron (Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius)
Rob Paulsen - the voice behind Pinky (Pinky and the Brain)
Tom Kenney - the voice behind Sponge Bob Square Pants
Ken Campbell - the voice behind Baby Bob

Their combined credits include the voices behind: Hugh Neutron (Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius) Carl Wheezer (Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius) Sponge Bob Square Pants Baby Bob (the Quizno’s baby) Pinky (Pinky and the Brain) Regular cast members of Steve Odekerk’s ThumbMation series. Yakko (The Animaniacs) ... And many others.

The VOX Boom Seminar is a one-of-a-kind night of comedy, innovation and performance that will enhance and entertain everyone who’s a part of it.


Bring the VOX Boom Seminar to your community! For more information, contact Marcia Hurwitz @ Innovative Artists (310) 656-0400.


 
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